Fractal Design Micro ATX Water Build

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Hello guys I would like to share my build log for this mini beast, as it may help people who are seeking ideas of building a small but powerful watercooling system.

Right down to the nitty gritty

Watercooling parts I will be using are

1x EKWB 360mm Coolstream PE radiator
1x Alphacool 240mm 45mm radiator
6x XSPC 1/2 inch chrome straight compression fittings
4x XSPC 1/2 45 chrome fittings
1x EKWB full cover Titan X watercblock black
1x EKWB Titan X backplate black
1x EKWB Supremacy black socket 15xx cpu block
2x bottles of Mayhems pastel white
1x 3m 1/2 inch xspc tubing
1x EKWB Xres with d5 pump

Pc parts and case

Fractal Design Arc mini r2
Asus Gene z170 VIII
Intel I7 Skylake 6700k
Corsair 16gb 2666mhz DDR4
2x Samsung 850 250gb PRO SSD's
Leadex superflower 1000w platinum psu
EVGA GTX 980Ti Sc

5x Zalman Golf fans 120mm limited edition black casing and white blades
 
I like your build a lot but can I ask you, did you consider reversing your front mount rad in/out pipes so it would look neater you could then tuck the (what I think is the outlet) from your pump behind the res tube? You could then have a slightly shorter tube to your cpu (therefore straighter) and it would look much nicer.
This is just my opinion, but I'm glad you used bigger tubing it looks nice and chunky :D

edit : Looking at it again it would probably be too tight a bend for what I suggested...
 
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colinmcr said:
I like your build a lot but can I ask you, did you consider reversing your front mount rad in/out pipes so it would look neater you could then tuck the (what I think is the outlet) from your pump behind the res tube? You could then have a slightly shorter tube to your cpu (therefore straighter) and it would look much nicer.
This is just my opinion, but I'm glad you used bigger tubing it looks nice and chunky :D

edit : Looking at it again it would probably be too tight a bend for what I suggested...
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Hey dude thanks I am glad you like it, I tried your suggestion first but the kink was pretty bad :( the way I got it as it is was the best way with the fittings I had. but I did have that same vision when I was planning the loop.
 
Awesome looking. I like that case quite a bit as thinking of building Mini itx. I wouldnt be watercooling though.
 
That looks very nice and in a good little package to.
I love the new Asus boards they have a grown up look about them -losing much of the boy racer red
 
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